Learning by HEART Week 15: Reading: Love it or hate it

I have never liked reading. I tried to read the Harry Potter books growing up and never got past the first fifty pages. I love to be active and doing thing, so I think that is part of the reason why reading has been difficult for me. I also sometimes feel that it takes to long to get somewhere in a book. I think this is also why I tend to like books that you can learn from instead of reading for pleasure.

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Learing by HEART Week 14: Happiness/Health

I love the meme below because we are too quick to forget the good things that happen to us and tend to dwell on the negative things that happen instead. I believe that if you were to honestly write down every good and bad thing that happened during your lifetime, the jar of bad would be minuscule compared to the good list. If this isn't the case then you are simply not recognizing the good things that are happening in your life.

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Learning by H.E.A.R.T: Attention

One thing that I have learned this semester is that not everything is important. That kind of sounds like I'm being lazy, but this has been the busiest semester of my college career, and it made me realize that you have to pick and choose your battles. Sometimes I had homework due, but my wife was having a bad day. I had to set my priorities. I think attention and sacrifice are related due to the fact that sacrifice requires you to decide what you are going to put your attention towards.

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Learning Challenges: H.E.A.R.T

The letter in H.E.A.R.T that stand out to me the most is the "H", health/happiness. Growing up, I had a bit of a uncontrolled temper and I got angry an almost anything when it didn't go exactly my way. I can't remember exactly what happened, but I remember that I got upset one day and later found out that I simply didn't understand the situation. I felt ashamed and embarrassed afterwards, and decided that I needed to change. I hated feeling angry or sad and loved feeling happy (who doesn't!) I made a conscious effort from then on to simply be happy in my circumstances.

Things don't go your way sometimes, but you are the best controller of your feelings. Yes, sometimes people do things that might upset you or hurt your feelings, but how you react to it is your own choice.

The letter that I need to work on is "R". READING...I'm not a big reader and never have been. Because of that, I am also a slow reader. Recently, I have had the desire to read beneficial books (more than fictional reading for entertainment). It has been a struggle for me because I read slower than my brain moves. I want to know what the author will say next, but I am not patient enough to continue focused on reading. I am slowly getting better, but hopefully by the end of this semester I will not only improve my reading speed and comprehension, but enjoy reading more as well.

On if this was me...

A quote from a Bowie interview in Brain Pickings; the interview is full of fun stuff. The image shows Bowie as Tesla in The Prestige.